Rina Amiri

Rina Amiri currently serves as the senior advisor on Afghanistan for the Office of the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Rina has been intricately involved in peace efforts in Afghanistan. From 2002 to 2006, she worked with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and served as a member of the Special Representative of the Secretary General's team responsible for the implementation of the Bonn Peace Accords. Prior to 2002, Rina worked closely with Afghan political leaders in Rome toward finding a political settlement to the Afghanistan war. As a senior research associate at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School, she worked with activists from conflict-ridden countries, highlighting the role of local leaders in formulating a bottom-up approach to peacebuilding. Before joining SRAP, Rina served as the director of the Soros Foundation's Afghanistan and Regional Policy Initiative. She has provided analysis on Afghanistan and the region at major institutions, including the United Nations, Harvard University, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the State Department, the Council of Foreign Affairs as well as news publications, television, and radio programs, including, CNN, The New York Times and The Boston Globe.